Progression To The Red ?

[Cunny]

Can anyone help me.

I would like to progressto an Ironmind red nail and can currently bend 190kg Challenge bar as a max.

I Would like to use UK bars as in stuff commonly availabe.

[ObsceneJester]

..is that a blue nail?

Really wish I knew my K bars

[liam.mccaffrey]

not sure what that bar is equal too, but i used the following to progress to the red nail

1/4" stainless

5/15" HRS

8mm or 5/16" CRS

[wscorpion]

For me as I don't have as much steel available as most of the members here, this was my progression:

- 5/16 round HRS

- G8 bolt (one time only, I only had one)

- 5/16 round CRS (comes between HRS and true CRS)

- 5/16 round CRS

- Red Nail

[Cunny]

Thanks for the replies.

I think it's around the blue but not too sure.

Liam where did you get those supplies you mentioned?

[liam.mccaffrey]

i was lucky i got friendly with a local mahcinist who owned a small engineering work.

He does a bit of machine work for me, he offered to add anyhitng i wanted to his next order so thats wheree i got my stainless and CRS

HRS i got from the blacksmith

[dimmers]

ebay has quite a bit of stainless steel for sale. I've bought a few lengths of 1/4" round stainless from ebay before, just be careful which grade it is, probably best to stick with grade 303 or 304, Gazza can probably give you more info on the different grades of stainless available in the UK and which are best for bending.

[Autolupus]

Here's a link with some stainless grades available: Welding tables.

Probably won't help much but 304 and 316 are going to be the most common grades you'll find.

[Cunny]

I have managed tp put about a 30 degree kink in a G5 bolt today so am happy with my progress.Hands are very sore at the moment though so will lay off for about 4-5 days.Then try to finnish it off.

[bencrush]

Very nice man! Just getting the Grade 5s started is a big part of winning the battle.